Dark Souls Wiki Guide

Weapon/Armor Ascension

Sick of traipsing back to the Blacksmith every time you want to level up your weapon? Not so thrilled with dying every time you try to get back to the Blacksmith and losing all your souls in the process? Bonfire weapon and armour ascension is your friend!

If you manage to get your hands on the Weapon Smithbox and Armor Smithbox (both sold by the Undead Merchant - Male in the Undead Burg) you'll be able to perform this extremely handy task at any bonfire.

Weapon and armor upgrades at bonfires work in exactly the same way they do normally. If you do manage to ascend a weapon to +5 you will still however need to visit a Blacksmith in order to ascend the weapon higher.

Once the weapon reaches +6 you can then continue reinforcing at a bonfire.